The Dillon tribune., 1887-08-05
REMOVAL. OF CLERK NORTON.
The tx Clerk, In IL Card. Presents Ills Side
Of the Clcrk.hip p Cont rovcrSv.

The Clerk, In IL Card. Presents Ills Side
Of the Clerk.hip p Cont trovcrSy.
| AS will b. seen by the following para.
graph, from the Bozeman Chronicle, the
! district court clerk for this district has
been removed and his place filled by an
other:
"On FRIDAY last, X. II. Norton,
clerk OF the district clerk. appointed BY
! Judge McI.cary, was served with a notice
declaring his office vacant. Frank +. Car.
bett, Il young man late Of Texas, has been
appointed in his stead. No ca,,se is given
for Mr.. Norton's removal, and it is under.
stood that his official conduct OF the office
has been firstclass. Mr.. Carbcs, studied
law in Judge McLeary's Office in Texas
and has since prac,iccd law, being admit.
ted on Friday 10 practice before the courts
OF this territory
| Mr.. Norton made many friends while in
attendance at the June term of court at
Dillon, who regret to learn ot his removal.
In the Chronicle Of "Wednesday he pub.
fishes the following card:
Boze,ra,., Mont, July 30, 1887.
TO the editor OF the C'h,unitlr:: Please to
publish The following letter ofcxplanation
in your mex, issue, AS Judge McLcary mas
given as his reason for removing me, that
he has lost confidence in my personal in.
tegri,y.
On Monday the 10Th Of May last, Judge
McLeary says he left a box in the drawer
OF his desk in his private room in the
court house. On the morning OF the next
day--Tucsday, the 18th, JudgelMcleary
and myself lct, Bozeman about s O'Clock a.
IN. for Virginia City, and did not return
until Thursday the i0th. Some time be.
tween Monday the 10Th and Thursday the
10Th of May, that box was stolen, rs On the
= latter date Mrs. McI.earv received por'
J. ton Of its contents through the L. s. mai
= at Bozsman.
' Mrs. McI.cary and myself are the onl,
known persons who had a key to tina
room, the person who took the box mus
, either have gone there deliberately know
ing what was in that box or expecting j
j, to contain valuablcs, as papers said b.
Judge McLeary to bc equally valrabl
were left unGisturbcd in the drawer. TIN
y Judge says he cannot and will not enter
tain the idea that Mrs. Mcl.eary had an
:. hand in the matter, and therefore has n
= alternative br: to suspect me. On thi
- tlimsy prctcnsc he asked Tor my resign;
l, tion, which refused to give, hence m
~ removal
have only to say that know no,hin
whatever Of the transaction, except wh:
Judge Mcl.cary has communicated I" III
IL do the painful necessity OF making thes
,e facts public, but have my own characts
y, at stake, and my family to provide for, an
IS. in Justice to all parties plain statement I
n, at least these facts is necessary.
he uncquivocally decline to discuss III
i'll matter any further with any one. and ref
J.. all enquiries to Judge Mcl.eary himself Il
n. any further information. l am perfect
~ willing 70 let inc ABOVE cNpIanAtIOn SPei
for itself to those who know me.
can accuse no ono Of completely in Il
matter, but have a faint hope that II
guilty parties whoever they are, when the
o' see the tronble and distress Il
40 act is likely to bring ON an innocent ma
- will take some steps to at least clear II
M from any intimation in the matter.
- Judge McLeary admits that he has II
the slightest fault to find with the condu
Of my official duties, and If this matter hi
been cleared up he would not have ask
for my resignation.
,, Very Respectfully,
X. II. NoRTo>.